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Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Icing

Sometimes it’s the simpler cupcakes that taste the best, I’m always trying all these elaborate desserts or changing them up, but omg, I forgot how good a chocolate cupcake is with just vanilla icing. But of course I had to make it my favorite color.

Cupcake Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

pinch of salt

3 tablespoons butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 eggs

3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Vanilla Buttercream icing:

1 cup softened butter

3 cups icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp heavy cream

Blue food coloring

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with paper or foil liners. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk; beat well.

Fill the muffin cups 3/4 full.

Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.